Shere Khan | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia “Oh, please don't insult my intelligence. It makes me irritable.” ―Shere Khan to Kaa Shere Khan acts as the physical embodiment of power and composure. With a dignified manner of carrying himself, and a strong sense of pride and elegance, the ruthless tiger is viewed as the uncorroborated ruler of the jungles of India; he is well aware of this reputation, as he takes advantage of it sadistically. Most, if not all residents of the jungle, are known to fear Shere Khan, and for reasons apparent: he is physically imposing, often seen with a stoic, menacing expression. The only moments where he's seen emoting otherwise is during his interrogations with potential victims, in which he speaks with a soft tone, coupled with a condescending and knowing smile, as he subtly taunts and emotionally torments his prey until he's ready to make the killing strike. Shere Khan holds a burning hatred for mankind and vows to kill any human that steps foot within the jungle.

It has been strongly implied that Shere Khan sees humans as unforgiving, soulless creatures who continuously cause havoc on nature, using narcissistic entitlement as justification for such acts. [2] According to Bagheera, Khan hates man "with a vengeance", with both man's gun and man's fire having been involved in the creation of such hatred. Khan's fear of fire is the most dominant of the two and acts as a crippling phobia capable of driving the tiger to immediate panic. With such anger and rage, Shere Khan's normally somber and collected demeanor can become murderous, bloodthirsty, and feral in a matter of moments, as seen during his first confrontation with Mowgli in the original film, as he was willing to kill both the man-cub, and any animal who dared to protect him, without hesitation. In the sequel, Shere Khan's personality and overall aura take a somewhat darker turn. Unlike the first film, his polite mannerisms and calm monologues are a rarity, as his bitterness and hatred towards Mowgli drive him to deeper madness, resulting in action being taken much quicker and having no comedic quirks whatsoever.

He's also far more feral in this film; constantly growling, roaring, and losing his control when pestered even slightly, even going as far as viciously mauling a vulture as punishment for mocking him. Appearances The Jungle Book Shere Khan in the original film. In the jungles of India, Bagheera the panther comes across an orphaned, human child lost in the jungle. The panther takes the child and delivers him to a pack of wolves–all of whom graciously accept the boy as their own. Years later, Shere Khan gets word that a man-cub is in the jungle and sets out to kill him. The word of Shere Khan's oncoming arrival spreads quickly, and the wolves assemble to discuss Mowgli's fate. It is ultimately decided that the jungle is no longer safe for the boy and that he must be returned to the Man-Village for his own good. Bagheera volunteers to escort him, and the journey begins. Shere Khan makes his first physical appearance while stalking a deer as prey. His hunt was ruined when Colonel Hathi came marching by with his herd and scared it away, much to Shere Khan's annoyance.

After Bagheera stopped them, Shere Khan eavesdropped on their conversation and was delighted when he heard about Mowgli, who had managed to escape Bagheera in hopes of staying in the jungle; without the panther at his side, the boy was now devoid of protection. After Bagheera and Hathi's herd separated to locate the man-cub, Khan began his own hunt for Mowgli. After searching for some time, he heard Kaa seducing a victim and became suspicious. He grabbed Kaa's tail and got him to come down, subsequently questioning him about Mowgli. Kaa acted strangely while answering his questions, even attempting to hypnotize him, and his suspicious behavior prompted Shere Khan to search his coils for Mowgli. When it appeared that Kaa was truthful, Khan ordered him to act as an informative should the former come across the man-cub. Kaa agreed, and Khan took his leave. Shere Khan's travels eventually led to the wastelands, where he overhears a flock of vultures singing. After investigating the occasion, he found Mowgli and calmly approached the group.

Impressed by Mowgli's courage (being that he refused to immediately run at the sight of the tiger), Shere Khan gave the boy ten seconds to run away. Khan became more and more annoyed when he didn't, and eventually lunged for the killing strike. Baloo , Mowgli's friend, intervened by grabbing Khan's tail. As Shere Khan struggled to break free of Baloo's grip, the vultures carried Mowgli to safety. Shere Khan then became furious, battled Baloo, and nearly killed him. The vultures intervened and stalled the tiger while Mowgli tied a burning branch to his tail. Upon noticing, Khan became terrified and frantically tried to put out the fire, but to no avail, forcing him to flee the wasteland with the burning branch still tied to his tail, greatly humiliating him in the process. The Jungle Book 2 Shere Khan in The Jungle Book 2 after Lucky teases him. Shere Khan returned once again as the main antagonist in the second film. Unlike in the first, he appeared much earlier. He is first seen smashing a makeshift version of Mowgli's head after Baloo left the area with Bagheera in pursuit.

He seeks revenge on Mowgli for humiliating him at the climax of the original film and wishes for nothing more than his death. Khan travels to the Man-Village where Mowgli dwells. He had no luck until he heard Shanti , one of Mowgli's friends, calling him. He then found Mowgli's house and was delighted that he would now have his chance for revenge. He became impatient when Mowgli didn't appear. All at once, Mowgli appeared in the air above the house. After Shanti started screaming about a wild animal, Khan noticed it was Baloo with Mowgli and was surprised. After the villagers responded to Shanti's calls, they saw Shere Khan instead of Baloo and chased him out of the village. Khan was attacked by the villagers with torches but they had no power over him. He escaped in rage but overjoyed to hear that Mowgli is now in the jungle. He encountered Kaa afterward, who had seen Mowgli. Kaa at first insisted he didn't know where Mowgli was, but Shere Khan knew better and intimidated him, even though Kaa was telling the truth.

Out of fear, Kaa told Khan to search by the swamp. However, when Khan arrived, Mowgli is nowhere to be found and he splashes the water in fury as he says "That snake lied to me!" The vultures return and become uneasy when their newest member Lucky begins to insanely mock him. After a few "jokes", Shere Khan tricks Lucky into revealing Mowgli's whereabouts. Before Khan leaves, he viciously mauls Lucky as revenge for the annoyance and presumably kills him. Later on, he found Shanti and Ranjan and cornered them. Mowgli then appeared to find them and Khan confronted him. Mowgli ran away and Khan pursued him to a temple in the middle of a pool of lava. After Baloo and Shanti teamed up and started to bang gongs with Mowgli, one fell down revealing Shanti. He then said he would kill her if Mowgli wouldn't come out. Mowgli did and he pursued him and Shanti after knocking Baloo aside. Mowgli and Shanti jumped onto a tiger statue right over a pit of lava with Shere Khan right behind them. Before he could kill them, the statue's head fell off towards the lava.

Baloo saved Mowgli and Shanti, while Khan fell into the pit. Rather than perishing, he landed on a slab of rock and was trapped underneath the statue's head. Lucky, still alive but lost the feathers on his body and has a bruised right eye, then flew down and started to tease Khan again, much to his annoyance. TaleSpin Shere Khan as he appears in TaleSpin. Shere Khan appeared in a more anthropomorphic form in the television series TaleSpin. Tony Jay provides his thick, British-accented voice starting from the series, until his death. Khan is an extremely wealthy businessman who is the dominant economic force in Cape Suzette and an anti-hero. He is depicted as a selfish business man. He is sometimes accompanied by an unnamed emaciated tiger "yes-man" office aide. He takes enjoyment out of running small companies out of business ( Higher for Hire is sometimes on his hit list) with a sense of ruthlessness to skirt around the law as he chooses. He also likes to feed tiny insects to the many carnivorous plants he grows in his office.

He once even hired the Air Pirates to create an artificial oil shortage so he could extort higher prices from the public in " On a Wing and a Bear ". He has a well-armed air force and navy, complete with battleships. This is mainly to protect his shipping and business interests worldwide. However, he is willing to act nobly at times, such as ordering his forces into the air to protect the city from the Air Pirates, and has shown that he respects Baloo's piloting skills, most notably when he allowed Baloo to take over piloting his plane after having all pilots replaced with his own robotic pilots; his plane had been ambushed by the air pirates and the robotic pilot refused to deviate from its flight plan due to its programming causing Baloo to forcefully remove the robot and take control of the plane to evade the air pirates. He has an extremely cool and calm personality, rarely (if ever) showing any sort of alarm or surprise regardless of the circumstances. In fact, when his plane was attacked by Don Karnage 's forces in the incident detailed above, he calmly mixed himself a drink as he explained the situation to Baloo. This version of Shere Khan also makes a cameo on a mugshot in Bonkers .

Jungle Cubs Shere Khan as a cub in Jungle Cubs. Shere Khan appeared as a young cub in the animated series Jungle Cubs. In the series, it was shown that Shere Khan was originally friends with Baloo , Bagheera , Hathi and the others. Shere Khan was more of a bully and cocky in the series rather than a dangerous predator. Khan often tagged along with Baloo and friends on many adventures, usually trying to prove he's braver than they are. In the series, Shere Khan is given an American accent, while in other appearances, Khan speaks with a British accent. He seems to be the oldest of the cubs. In spite of being a cub, Khan still holds his intimidating demeanor and continues to strike fear into the hearts of many of the jungle's inhabitants. However, his cocky attitude can get him and his friends into trouble with foes even he's frightened by, usually by bigger animals. Khan prefers to refer to the others as his followers rather than his friends, even though he obviously enjoys spending time with them. Much like an adult, Khan was sometimes found with Kaa often. In one episode, the duo teamed up to take advantage of Louie , after he accidentally injured them.

Acting as if they were too injured to do anything themselves, they spent the day bossing the ape around. In Jungle Cubs: Born to Be Wild DVD, Khan, as an adult, returned to murder Mowgli yet again; however, Baloo was able to throw a beehive onto the tiger's head right before he could, having him run off in pain. House of Mouse Shere Khan in House of Mouse. Shere Khan appeared in the TV series House of Mouse as a recurring guest, usually seen sitting either alone or with Kaa. In most of his pairings with Kaa, he is often seen holding Kaa by the neck, like in the movie. In his most notable appearance in " The Mouse Who Came to Dinner ", Mortimer Mouse was pretending to be the club's critic (which was really Lumière ) to have Mickey and friends obey him and when he became annoying, Shere Khan became annoyed as well and quoted "Do you mind?" to which Mortimer replied, "Yeah, as a matter of fact, I do mind, Stripey!

Somebody get Tigger 's evil twin here a ball of yarn!" A dish called Shere Khan's Flan, named after the villainous tiger, is mentioned by Goofy in " Rent Day ". In " Dining Goofy ", Shere Khan was accidentally given broccoli by Goofy, thus angering the tiger. Soon after Goofy was replaced by advanced technology, Shere Khan's meal order was corrected. In " Goofy's Menu Magic ", when a food shortage occurred, Goofy attempted to serve Shere Khan his shoe for dinner (an apparent reference to the Goofy short " Tiger Trouble "). Shere Khan, however, was unamused. In " Ask Von Drake ", Shere Khan appears with Kaa during " The Ludwig Von Drake Song ". Despite appearing in the series itself, Shere Khan never appeared in its movie Mickey's House of Villains , as Kaa is the only villain from The Jungle Book to join the Disney Villains, led by Jafar to take over the House of Mouse. However, in the opening sequence, a tiger's paw is seen on-screen as the characters are walking towards the club.

So it could be possible that only Shere Khan's paw was seen once in the movie. Live-action appearances Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book Shere Khan in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. Shere Khan also appears in the 1994 live-action film, being portrayed by a real tiger. However, Shere Khan is presented as a more sympathetic character in this film. Khan appears rarely and instead serves as a major antagonist turned anti-hero of the film while an arrogant British captain named William Boone (played by Cary Elwes ) serves as the main antagonist of the film. Unlike his animated counterpart, Khan does not kill for sport, and his sole goal is to protect the jungle from those who break its "laws", namely humans who kill animals for fun instead of food. He is described by the narrator of the film as "the jungle's royal keeper", and by Buldeo as the "king of tigers". At the beginning of the movie, he sees two British guards and a hunter named Buldeo shooting animals for fun, and becomes enraged at this. He roars in his fury, letting the soldiers know he's returned and proceeds to follow the column of soldiers that the guards and Buldeo are part of.

That night, he attacks the humans' camp in revenge for the animals' death, killing the two guards before turning on Buldeo. But before Khan can kill Buldeo, Nathoo (Mowgli's father and the soldiers' guide) shields the hunter. Although Nathoo tells Buldeo to shoot Khan, the ungrateful hunter runs away and abandons Mowgli's father to be killed. Khan's attack is also what led Mowgli to being separated from civilization and living in the jungle. Although he was heard growling when Bagheera found Mowgli, the tiger made no attempts to attack Mowgli at any point over the years (probably because Mowgli hasn't broken the jungle law). Shere Khan is not seen again until the second half of the movie. By this time, Mowgli has fallen in love with his childhood friend Katherine "Kitty" Brydon and made an enemy in Captain Boone, who has his henchmen kidnap Kitty and her father to force Mowgli to take them to a treasure. Like before, Khan roars to announce his return, though why he started stalking the group is not revealed (it was possible to avenge Baloo's earlier shooting by Boone).

Boone plans to kill Shere Khan for his skin, though Buldeo tries to convince him otherwise. Two of Boone's henchmen die before Khan catches up to the group, where he scares the villains into splitting up. Once separated, Shere Khan kills Lt. John Wilkins , a henchman of Captain Boone, while Buldeo is buried alive while trying to shoot Mowgli. After the climactic battle between Mowgli and Boone (ending with Boone being killed by Kaa), Khan and Mowgli meet face to face for the first time. Khan is obviously distrusting of Mowgli (and all humans in general) and attempts to scare him away by roaring in his face, but Mowgli stubbornly roars back and stares Khan down. Seeing Mowgli's courage, Khan develops a newfound respect for him, and begins to see him as a fellow "creature of the jungle". Because of this and the fact that neither broke the jungle law, Shere Khan spares Mowgli and allows him and Kitty to leave peacefully. The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story Shere Khan is first seen attending the jungle meeting called by Hathi.

He then contemplates on who he is going to eat, with his sidekick, Tabaqui, the hyena, telling jokes about it, much to the tiger's annoyance. He then decides to hunt man, claiming to have a craving for "Indian food". He and Tabaqui then ambush some humans visiting the river, but when he is shot at by hunters, he flees and is assumed dead. Years later, he reveals himself alive to the wolf pack and demands that Mowgli is given to him, but Akela refuses, and Shere Khan swears revenge. He is later seen conspiring with the wolf pack bullies about separating Mowgli from the pack, which succeeds. He and Tabaqui then conspire with the chimps about separating Mowgli from Bagheera and Baloo. The Jungle Book (2016) Shere Khan in the 2016 film. Shere Khan appears in the 2016 live-action film adaptation, voiced by Idris Elba . He is also the main antagonist, in that adaption.

In this incarnation, Shere Khan sports burn scars and a blind eye on the left side of his face sustained from a fight with Mowgli's father. Idris Elba described this incarnation of Shere Khan as "a creature that reigns with fear" and that he "terrorizes everyone he encounters because he comes from a place of fear". Shere Khan first appears during the drought, when the animals gather to drink at the Water Truce; the watering hole at which all animals drink without attacking each other. When Shere Khan smells Mowgli, he is confronted by the Seeonee wolf pack led by Akela, who states that Mowgli belongs to their pack. Shere Khan mockingly scoffs at this and wonders when man was allowed to be adopted into the jungle. When Akela defends Mowgli, Shere Khan shows the scarred side of his face to remind the animals at the Water Truce of what a grown man is capable of. He then says that the law of the jungle states that man is forbidden. Raksha, however, retorts that Shere Khan also commits deeds forbidden in the jungle, stating that he hunts for pleasure and kills for power, and firmly states that Mowgli is her cub.

Shere Khan, respecting the sanctity of the Water Truce, gives them until the monsoon season to hand Mowgli over before leaving. This causes Akela and his wolf pack to debate whether to have Mowgli leave the jungle or not, resulting Mowgli to leave the wolf pack with Bagheera to head over to a near-by Man-village. Shere Khan next appears when Bagheera is escorting Mowgli to the Man-village. He stalks them through a herd of Buffalo and attacks Mowgli, only to be attacked by Bagheera. They fight viciously, but Shere Khan easily overpowers and injures Bagheera. He then chases after Mowgli through the stampeding buffalo, but Mowgli outruns him, escaping with the herd, much to Shere Khan's fury. Shere Khan returns to the Seeonee pack and discusses Mowgli with Akela, who states that Mowgli has left the jungle, meaning that the pack and the tiger no longer have a quarrel. However, a furious Shere Khan kills Akela by throwing him off a cliff before instating himself as the pack's alpha.

He then tells the wolves to spread the word of Akela's death, hoping it will lure Mowgli to him. While reigning as the pack's leader, Shere Khan also tells stories to the wolf pups about the other creatures of the jungle, in particular, the cuckoo, which preys upon the love of the other mother birds in order to deposit its own egg into their nest, starving them while benefitting its own chick. He directs his story in particular at Raksha, citing her love for Mowgli as a sign of weakness. When Raksha asks why Shere Khan is doing this and terrorizing the wolves as Mowgli is gone, he states that he wants Mowgli dead, not gone and that he'll be waiting when Mowgli hears of Akela's death and returns. During her encounter with Mowgli, Kaa reveals that Mowgli and his father were traveling from one village to another when Shere Khan encountered them. Shere Khan killed Mowgli's father but ran away after being burned by his torch, leaving Mowgli to be adopted by Bagheera and the wolf pack.

While reigning as the pack's leader, Shere Khan tells stories to the wolf pups about the other creatures of the jungle (in particular, the cuckoo, which preys upon the love of the other mother birds in order to deposit its own egg into their nest, starving them while benefiting its own chick). He directs his story at Raksha, citing her love for Mowgli as a sign of weakness. When Rahksha asked why Shere Khan is doing this, he states that he wants Mowgli dead and that he'll be waiting when Mowgli returns. When King Louie informs Mowgli of Akela's death, he returns with a torch stolen from the Man-village and accidentally starts a forest fire. Shere Khan falls to his death. Mowgli faces Shere Khan at the Water Truce, where the tiger shows the boy has become a man in his use of fire, and that all the other animals now fear him because of it. Mowgli then throws the fire away, allowing Shere Khan to attack him, only to be confronted by Baloo, Bagheera, and Raksha and her pack, who cite their code as they defy him.

Shere Khan attacks regardless, saying he will have them all in his teeth, and fights Baloo, the wolves, and Bagheera, who give Mowgli enough time to run to the burning jungle. Shere Khan pursues him to an old strangler fig tree, and chases him into it, not knowing he has been lured into a trap. As he faces Mowgli, he mocks the boy, saying that he never would allow him to grow old and that he will kill him as he killed Mowgli's father and Akela, mockingly asking how much longer the man-cub thought he would last against him than they did. Mowgli replies that he is not afraid of Shere Khan and is done running from the tiger, goading him into pouncing before swinging away to safety. However, the branch Mowgli was standing on is too weak to hold Shere Khan's weight and the tiger plummets to his apparent death in a fiery pit below the tree. Printed media Shere Khan is among the villains imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost. Apparently, he had a soft spot for Evie when she was younger, since every time she giggles he smiles.

Video games Hong Kong Disneyland In Hong Kong Disneyland's Flights of Fantasy Parade , Shere Khan makes an appearance at the very top of the jungle float. He also appeared as one of Maleficent 's invited guests during the finale of Villains Night Out! , and made an appearance during the final scene of The Nightmare Experiment . Differences from the original character In the original stories, he is nicknamed "The Lame One" and has a crippled leg, but in the films, he has no lameness. The only animal who looks up to him in the stories is Tabaqui, but no one does in the films. He believes himself to be the rightful lord of the jungle in the stories, but in the film, he is called "Lord of the Jungle" by the vultures and does not see himself as the Lord of the Jungle. Although Shere Khan was killed off at the end of the book, he was not killed off at the end of the original film. Instead, he was humiliated and escaped alive in the original film. However, in the 2016 remake , Shere Khan is killed off like in the book. Gallery The Disney Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Shere Khan .

Trivia The word Shere (or "shir") translates as "tiger" or "lion" in Persian, Hindi, and Punjabi. While Khan translates as "sovereign", "king" or "military leader" and so forth in a number of languages influenced by the Mongols, including Pashto. In other words, Khan's name is "Tiger King". The Hebrew dub of both the 1967 film and it's sequel incorrectly identifies Shere Khan as a leopard. Shere Khan seems to be the only character (besides Kaa himself) who is immune to Kaa's hypnosis, as when Kaa attempted to do so with Shere Khan in the first film like he had with Mowgli and Bagheera, Khan simply ignored him. In the second film, it is revealed that Shere Khan now knows Mowgli's name. It is unknown how he learned this, although it could be that he heard Baloo mention Mowgli's name in the final battle scene in the first film. The 2016 version of Shere Khan is probably one of the most ruthless and dangerous Disney Villains .

The 2016 version of Shere Khan is also likely one of Disney's strongest villains in terms of physical strength, as he was able to defeat the combined might of Baloo, Raksha and her entire wolf pack, and Bagheera at once and still have the strength and stamina to continue pursuing Mowgli. In the original book by Rudyard Kipling , Shere Khan had a crippled leg and was killed by a buffalo stampede organized by Mowgli and his wolf brothers. A similar buffalo stampede appears in the 2016 film. Compared to his 1967 incarnation, the 2016 version of Shere Khan is far less susceptible to pyrophobia (the fear of fire), as he pursued Mowgli willingly through a burning blaze. In some versions, the tiger's name is spelled "Shere Kahn". Originally, Shere Khan was actually going to die when Mowgli shoots him in the head with a shotgun belonging to the hunter, Buldeo, who Khan had just killed. It was cut when Disney figured it would be too scary. Shere Khan does die in the 2016 film, however. According to songwriter Richard M.

Sherman, Bill Lee of The Mellomen sings Shere Khan's part in " That's What Friends are For ", due to George Sanders not being available. According to the liner notes in The Jungle Book soundtrack , fellow Mellomen member Thurl Ravenscroft provides the singing for Shere Khan, not Bill Lee. Candy Candido supplies Shere Khan's roaring in The Jungle Book, and Frank Welker does in the sequel. Shere Khan is a Bengal tiger and they have been known to prey on bears, so it actually makes sense for Baloo to be one of his enemies. It also makes sense for Bagheera to be Shere Khan's enemy, as real tigers and leopards are natural enemies and competitors. They will also kill each other's cubs and steal food from one another when they have an opportunity. This was further proven in June, 2016, when a video surfaced online of a tigress attacking and killing a leopard in Sariska Tiger Reserve in India. Animator Mit Kahl used the films Jungle Cat and A Tiger Walks as references for the way Shere Khan walks. These same references would also be used for Bagheera as well.

Shere Khan's defined chin is actually based on George Sanders ' own. Shere Khan's animation was used as a reference for characters from The Lion King , particularly Scar . In Jungle Cubs , the young Khan was voiced by Jason Marsden , who voices protagonists Max Goof and Kovu . Contrary to popular belief, Shere Khan does not have Kaa as his henchman, as the snake does none of the tiger's evil bidding, and the two dislike each other. Shere Khan (more specifically the George Sanders version) was cited to be the inspiration of Richard Waugh's voice for Albert Wesker in the Resident Evil series. [3] In the planned third installment of the Jungle Book franchise, Shere Khan was to have escaped from the statue at the beginning of the movie, and end up captured alongside Baloo and forced into a circus environment. During this time, Shere Khan will also end up regretting his actions from the previous two films and intend to reform as Mowgli and the other animals attempt to rescue them. However, due to the Jungle Book 2's poor sales, it was scrapped. Had that film came to fruition, he would also have been one of the few Disney Villains to be reformed.

Though Bagheera, Colonel Hathi, King Louie, and the Jungle Patrol are Shere Khan's enemies and knew him their whole lives, they never interact with each other in either of the films. Bagheera and Shere Khan do have scenes together in the 2016 film. His survival after being trapped in the sequel is questionable, as he would not be able to find any food, and is trapped near a lava pit. He could also have escaped from the stone mouth and tried to climb the wall. In the 2016 film, vultures follow Shere Khan as opposed to the vultures of the 1967 film being afraid of him. They also seem to indicate his presence, as all the animals look for Shere Khan when they hear the cries of vultures. This also relates to reality in which the call of the langur monkey is used as a warning for deer that are hunted by tigers in India. In the original Rudyard Kipling stories, Shere Khan began influencing the younger wolves against Akela and Mowgli as a way to try to turn the wolves against the man-cub to cast him out and into his clutches.

In the 2016 film, he does a similar tactic with the wolf pups as a way of punishing Raksha for raising Mowgli as her own son. In The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story , Shere Khan attacks and kills Raksha but it was never shown onscreen while in the 2016 version, Shere Khan attacks and kills Akela onscreen and throws him off the cliff. In the 2016 film, Shere Khan is ready to risk his own life to kill Mowgli, even pursue him in the jungle in fire, which ultimately caused his demise. References Shere Khan (The Jungle Book 2016) | Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Shere Khan (The Jungle Book 2016) 36,910pages on Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected.

Evil-doer King of the Jungle (formerly) Leader of the Wolf Pack (temporarily) Powers/Skills High level intellect, skilled climber, speed, acrobatics, great strength, fighting skills, endurance Hobby Hunting and hurting animals, antagonizing and harassing Mowgli Goals Kill and devour Mowgli and take and maintain power over the jungle and the wolf pack (all failed) Type of Villain Predator / Tyrant / Misanthrope / Provoker “ Does my face not remind you of what a GROWN Man can do? You change your hunting grounds for a few years, and everyone forgets how the law works. Well, let me remind you: a Man-cub becomes Man, and Man is FORBIDDEN!!! „ ~ Shere Khan showing his scars and expressing his hatred for mankind “ Have I got your attention now! I didn't want to be this way. I made it so simple. All I asked for was one thing, and you denied me! Well, that ends now! Spread the word. Until I have the Man-cub, this hills are my hills. You did not respond to reason! So now you will know fear.

„ ~ Shere Khan becoming the new leader of the wolf pack after he kills Akela “ Did you think I would let you grow old? Either I'll devour you or the red flower will! It's just a matter of time. How long did you really think you'll survive against me? Longer than your father did? Longer than Akela? „ ~ Shere Khan's last words as he attempts to kill Mowgli one last time only to fall to his death into the fire pit below Shere Khan is the main antagonist of the 2016 Disney live-action film, The Jungle Book, a remake of the 1967 animated classic. He is a fearsome, scarred Bengal tiger who serves as the ruler of the jungle and is bent on killing the man-cub, Mowgli because of his hatred towards mankind. He was voiced by Idris Elba, who previously portrayed Colin Evans in No Good Deed, Russell "Stringer" Bell in the HBO series The Wire and will later on portray Krall in Star Trek: Beyond.

Biography Shere Khan first appears during the drought, when the animals gather to drink during the Water Truce from a watering hole where the animals maintain a truce not to attack each other while quenching their thirst. Upon scenting Mowgli, he threatens to kill him as man is not allowed to live in the jungle. He also holds the scars on his face as proof of man's cruel and destructive nature and issues a warning that when the Water Truce ends and the Peace Rock disappears, he will come for the boy and that the wolves should decide how many of their own kind they would be willing to sacrifice to protect a man-cub. He then leaves. This causes Akela and his wolf pack to debate whether to have Mowgli leave the jungle or not, resulting Mowgli to leave the wolf pack with Bagheera to head over to a near-by Man-village. But Shere Khan ambushes them en route and fights Bagheera. He severely injures Bagheera and chase Mowgli, who managed to escape from him with the aid of a herd of buffalo.

During Kaa 's attempt to hypnotize and devour Mowgli, she reveals that Shere Khan himself is responsible for Mowgli being found by Bagheera, as he killed Mowgli's father (an event that left him with his facial scars and undying hatred for humans). Though Baloo saves Mowgli from being eaten by Kaa, Shere Khan returns to confront Akela's pack and demand Mowgli be turned over to him, killing Akela by throwing him off a cliff when he learns Mowgli is on his way to the Man-village. He then assumes control of the wolf pack, confident that Mowgli will return when he learns the news. While reigning as the pack's leader, Shere Khan tells stories to the wolf pups about the other creatures of the jungle (in particular, the cuckoo, which preys upon the love of the other mother birds in order to deposit its own egg into their nest, starving them while benefiting its own chick). He directs his story at Raksha, citing her love for Mowgli as a sign of weakness.

When Rahksha asked why Shere Khan is doing this, he states that he wants Mowgli dead and that he'll be waiting when Mowgli returns. When King Louie informs Mowgli of Akela's death, Mowgli returns to face Shere Khan at the Water Truce with a burning torch stolen from the Man-village. But when he sees how all the animals of the jungle cower in fear at the sight of the fire he holds, he throws away his torch into the water, allowing Shere Khan to attack him. But Baloo, Bagheera and the Wolf pack joins Mowgli in the fight. Despite their numbers and strength, Baloo, Bagheera, and the wolf pack are overpowered by Shere Khan, who then chases Mowgli in the Wood as the jungle is being engulfed in flames thanks to the torch. Mowgli cunningly lures Shere Khan onto a dead fig tree and eventually defeats him by causing him to fall into a pit of fire to his apparent death. The elephants later put out the wildfire by using an irrigation system, putting an end to Shere Khan's tyranny once and for all.

Reception This portrayal of Shere Khan by Idris Elba is heavily praised. Cath Clarke of Time Out compared this Shere Khan to Scar from The Lion King, calling him "baddie of the year". Matt Zoller Seitz of rogerebert.com also had high praise for Elba's portrayal of Shere Khan stating: "His loping menace is envisioned so powerfully that he'd be scary no matter what, but the character becomes a great villain through imaginative empathy." "-we understand and appreciate his point-of-view even though carrying it out would mean the death of Mowgli." Gallery Jungle Book Wiki | Main / ShereKhan << Sahi | Character List | Sura >> Shere Khan The Tiger 'Sher(e)' means "tiger" in Hindi and 'Khan' is a title from the Islamic era in India. His name translates roughly as "Lord Tiger". quote from Mowgli's Brothers "His mother did not call him Lungri [the Lame One] for nothing," said Mother Wolf quietly. "He has been lame in one foot from his birth. That is why he has only killed cattle.

Now the villagers of the Waingunga are angry with him, and he has come here to make our villagers angry. They will scour the jungle for him when he is far away, and we and our children must run when the grass is set alight. Indeed, we are very grateful to Shere Khan!" Shere Khan is the main antagonist in all Jungle Book versions, from the movies and TV shows to the original book, although he only appears in a couple chapters and is only mentioned in all the others. He is a male Bengal tiger over three meters long, and also a renowned man eater. According to character Buldeo in Kipling's book, there was even a reward offered to whoever killed Shere Khan. But he had been smart enough to avoid gunmen, instead attacking isolated villages and fire camps. It is interesting to note that Kipling did not give Shere Khan a very positive role, even as an antagonist; he is depicted as being crippled and cowardly, and other than Tabaqui, his jackal henchman, no animal in the jungle seems to have a lot of respect for him.

It is possible that Kipling chose his tiger to be crippled because a tiger with all his strengths would be too much of a foe for a young boy with no weapons. Also, in Kipling's time, man eating tigers were common and ate a lot of people; it is to some point understandable that tigers weren't seen in a very positive way back then. In Kipling 's book , Shere Khan attacks a camp and causes the very young Mowgli to run away and wander in the jungle, until he reaches Father Wolf's den. Shere Khan tries to retrieve what he considers to be his prey, but Mother Wolf decides to adopt the child and refuses to deliver Mowgli to the tiger. Furious, and unable to enter the wolf's den, Khan vows revenge and disappears. From that moment on, Shere Khan becomes Mowgli's arch enemy, always seeking an opportunity to kill him, simply out of hatred, as he states himself during a wolf council meeting. Khan even manages to turn many young wolves of the pack into his minions and tries to have the wolves to expel Mowgli, but fails.

Finally, Mowgli decides to face his enemy and with the aid of a domesticated buffalo herd and two wolves (Akela and Grey Brother) ends up killing Shere Khan. Movie versions have usually been more benevolent with the tiger; the 1967 Disney movie depicted him as a haughty yet charismatic character, with all his strengths. He was not crippled or cowardly, and was feared by all other animals. Akela even states that not even the might of the entire wolf pack was enough to defeat Shere Khan. Khan was voiced by actor George Sanders, and his looks were also based on him. He was animated by master animator Milt Kahl, and has became one of the most popular animated villains of all times. Shere Khan's animation was actually the inspiration for another Disney Villain, Scar from The Lion King, animated by Andreas Deja. Funnily enough, in the Latin American Spanish dubbing of both movies, Scar and Shere Khan are voiced by the same actor, Carlos Petrel. Shere Khan appears only during the last part of the film, but is mentioned all the time.

At first, he is seen stalking a deer, but the herbivore escapes after Hathi and his herd pass by. Shere Khan follows the elephants and hears a conversation between Hathi and Bagheera, thus learning that Mowgli is alone and defenseless in the jungle. He immediately starts looking for him, and eventually finds him. However, his attack is frustrated by Baloo the bear and the four vultures Mowgli had befriended earlier. Eventually, Mowgli ties a burning branch to Khan's tail and the tiger flees in panic, as fire is the only thing he fears. Disney's Shere Khan appeared in the sequel, The Jungle Book 2 (2003), wanting to get revenge on Mowgli. For the sequel, he was depicted as an even darker, more ferocious character, perhaps due to the humiliation he was victim of in the first film. In the sequel, Khan tries to kill Mowgli and threatens his new human friend, the girl Shanti, but fails and ends up trapped under a huge statue of a tiger.

In this movie, Khan is annoyed constantly by the vultures' new friend, Lucky, who finds it very funny that Mowgli defeated the tiger by himself, and keeps talking about it all the time. Khan was voiced by Tony Jay in this movie, for Sanders had died a long time ago. In 1996, a Disney animated TV series was produced based on The Jungle Book. It was named Jungle Cubs and depicted the main animal characters as cubs, years before Mowgli was even born. Here, Shere Khan is depicted as a bully, but yet a "friend" to the other animals. He was voiced by Jason Marsden, and by Enzo Fortuny in the Latin American Spanish version. Khan also appeared in another animated TV series by Disney, this time as a much more anthropomorphic character. In Stephen Sommer's The Jungle Book (1994), Shere Khan is seen, more than as a villain, as a dangerous and feared ruler of the jungle, who targets specifically those who break the Law of the Jungle. In this version, Khan attacks a camp where some men who have been hunting to many animals, and kills Mowgli's father who was guide to the hunters.

He also kills the guard of the camp and another man before fleeing into the jungle. He appears later, and kills a British soldier, and is mentioned during the whole movie, specially by Buldeo, an Indian hunter who is death afraid of Shere Khan. At the end, Shere Khan appears and faces Mowgli, but Mowgli does not retreat and looks right at his eyes. The tiger then understands that Mowgli is a creature of the jungle, and accepts him, instead of killing him. Shere Khan | Wickedpedia | Fandom powered by Wikia [Source] Shere Khan is a powerful, suave tiger that appears in The Jungle Book and has nothing but disdain for his victims. His reputation is such that he need only show himself to intimidate the inhabitants of the jungle. His only fear is fire, which the man-cub Mowgli uses to his advantage in the film's climactic battle. He ranked #12 in the top 30 disney villains (one better than Chernabog , but one under Gaston ). He was voiced by aristocratic cad George Sanders who had a talent for depicting villainous characters, then later voiced by Tony Jay, who also voiced Judge Claude Frollo .

As of 2006, Corey Burton voices Shere Khan; this makes him the third character Burton has inherited from Tony Jay. The other two characters are the Magic Mirror and Judge Claude Frollo. Contents Edit In Rudyard Kipling's novel, Khan was treated with less respect than in many of the film adaptations. Although still feared by many jungle animals, Shere Khan was actually a lame tiger, born with a withered leg and thus nicknamed Lungri by his own mother (Lungri meaning "The Lame One"). His disability hindered his capacity to hunt wild prey, so he became a man-eater. Because of this, he was seen with disgust by other jungle predators, like Bagheera the panther, because eating men was against the Law of the Jungle. Shere Khan, however, regarded himself as the rightful lord of the Jungle, and was seen as such by Tabaqui, his jackal minion, as well as by some of the younger wolves in Mowgli's pack.

Actually, it was Shere Khan's plan to turn the young wolves against Mowgli so that they would expel him from the pack, making him , however, managed to save himself and Akela (the old wolf pack leader) from Shere Khan and his wolf followers by scaring them away with a burning branch. Later, Mowgli decided to put an end to Shere Khan's reign by trapping him in a ravine and having a herd of domesticated water buffalo trample him to death. It is then revealed that humans knew Shere Khan very well because of his man-eating, and that the government had offered a reward to whoever killed him and took his pelt to the authorities. Also, superstitious villagers believed that Shere Khan was the reincarnation of an evil man who was also lame of one leg. In the film Edit While remaining as haughty as he is in the book, Shere Khan isn't crippled anymore. He is quite similar to Hannibal Lecter in that he is eerily polite to his victims before he kills and eats them. Bagheera told Baloo that he will get Mowgli while he's young and helpless with a swipe.

Feared and renowned throughout the jungle, he is unique among villains in that he almost never loses his temper. Rather, he is able to intimidate those around him just by looking at them. He possesses great strength of will and body and appears immune to Kaa's powers. Khan deeply hates humanity, the reason being that man is responsible for the death of his family by use of guns and fire. Khan afterwards developed a fear of both man's gun and fire. When Mowgli is revealed to be lost in the jungle, he does all in his powers to destroy him. He appears in the final third of the movie, being seen stalking a deer for food. Hathi comes by with his herd and scares it away, much to Khan's disgust. Khan, after searching for a while, finally comes into contact with Mowgli at the climax of the film and is amused by the fact that Mowgli doesn't seem afraid of him. Ultimately his vanity leads to his downfall, when he gives Mowgli a sporting chance by giving him time to run. He is annoyed when the man-cub choses not to run but before he can do anything about it, Baloo arrives and grabs the tiger.

Finally showing his fiery temper, Khan swiftly and easily overpowers Baloo but is set upon by a flock of vultures who bear a striking resemblance to a certain human rock band. Presently, a well-placed bolt of lightening (of the kind so often seen in Disney films) ignites a dead tree. While Khan is preoccupied fighting the vultures, Mowgli ties a burning branch to his tail. With fire being one of the two things he fears, Khan has a panic attack and flees in terror, leaving the vultures to remark, "That's the last we'll see of 'im - went off like a flyin' comet 'ee did!". The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Edit The vultures were proven wrong in the Disney sequel The Jungle Book 2 when Shere Khan returns to the jungle, humiliated and determined to kill Mowgli, this time as revenge. He has overcome his fear of fire and searches for Mowgli in his village and later through the jungle. After finally finding him, Khan disregards Shanti and Ranjan and chases Mowgli to a temple ruin surrounded by lava. He then declares he will catch Mowgli and have his revenge.

He fails, and becomes trapped under a stone tiger head on a slab surrounded by lava. He isn't killed, but misses the opportunity to kill Mowgli once again. It is unknown if he ever got out of the stone tiger head or not but presumably he does not and dies by one of three possible, shown by analyzing Khan's surroundings, fates; one, lava engulfs the slab he is trapped on, two, the stone tiger head pressures the slab into the lava, and three(probably the most likely), he eventually dies of starvation and/or dehydration as he is trapped in never ending heat. Shere Khan was included in the cast of characters in the Disney Afternoon series Tale Spin, being cast as the richest corporate magnate in the harbor town of Cape Suzette. He was a nominal villain who occasionally allied with the heroes when it suited him - such as when he allowed Baloo to fly his plane after destroying the robotic pilot he had been using previously, as the pilot's A.I. lacked the ability to cope with unexpected occurrences during the flight. He was voiced by Tony Jay, who provided a voice remarkably similar to George Sanders' rendition in both the series and in The Jungle Book 2.

The Jungle Book (1994) Edit In the 1994 film, Shere Khan is presented as a more sympathetic character and secondary antagonist later anti-hero. He does not kill for sport, and his sole goal is to protect the jungle from those who break "the laws of the jungle", including humans who trespass with guns and kill animals for fun and not food. (Of course, hunters are scared to death of him, with Buldeo describing him at one point as "The Devil"). At the beginning of the movie, Shere Khan sees numerous guards shooting animals for fun, and becomes enraged. That night, he attacks the humans' camp, killing two guards (who were amoung the hunters Khan saw) and also Mowgli's father, who was defending one of the hunters, in the process. He is not seen again until the second half of the movie, where he mauls Lt. Wilkins, a henchman of Captain William Boone , the movie's main villain, and after the climactic battle between Mowgli and Boone, Khan and Mowgli meet face to face for the first time.

Khan is obviously distrusting of Mowgli (and all humans in general), and attempts to scare him away by roaring in his face, but Mowgli stubbornly roars back and stares Khan down. Khan develops a newfound respect for Mowgli, and begins to see him as a fellow "creature of the jungle". The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998) Edit In the 1998 direct-to-video The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story, Shere Khan returns as the main antagonist, though the film is live-action like the 1994 film. But like the animated movie, the animals, including Shere Khan, talk; he is voiced by Sherman Howard. This Shere Khan, though, is different from his animated counterpart. He has his original sidekick, Tabaqui, the despised and cowardly spotted hyena. And while he can be polite, he is mostly brutal and ruthless. He even proves to be a great strategist and tactician as it was he who succeeded in separating Mowgli from his pack and enticing the monkeys in kidnapping him by promising them Baloo's secret honey.

To make Shere Khan very evil, he actually succeeds in killing one of Mowgli's loved ones. Unlike his animated counterpart, who seemingly kills Baloo, who he tries to save Mowgli from him, Shere Khan completely kills Mowgli's wolf mother, Raksha, when she tries to rescue him from the monkeys and Shere Khan. In the end, Mowgli scares Shere Khan off with fire, and banishes him for his evil. Mowgli especially warns him that if he should ever return, Shere Khan will be destroyed as shown when the man-cub burned a picture of a tiger right before his enemy's horrified eyes. TV Series Edit Shere Khan also appeared as a main character in the Disney Channel series Jungle Cubs, where he was portrayed as a tiger cub, more a bully than a predator, but nonetheless friends with the other characters. In this show, Shere Khan is voiced by Jason Marsden. The producers originally wanted Khan to keep his British accent for the show, but later changed their mind and Shere Khan ended up with an American accent, completely different from that of his adult version.

In the series, Shere Khan is arrogant and short-tempered, but during the first season he is seen as the group's protector, sometimes even scaring predators away from his friends. Once in a while he gave hints of a softer side to him, such as his grieving along with the others when they thought Kaa had died, or his saving Louie's mischievous nephews from being eaten by a Babyrousa. Although his parents appeared once, his mother's roar is heard in the first episode. In the second season Shere Khan became more independent and spent less time with his friends; he is also often shown to be feared already by the jungle animals. The adult version of himself appears in the Jungle Cubs: Born to be Wild video(again voiced by Tony Jay), and in these cutscenes, he attempts to kill Mowgli when he, Baloo and Bagheera walk into his part of the jungle. Baloo and Bagheera try to reason with Khan by recounting the Red Dogs story, in which they and the other animals saved Khan's life, but Khan refuses to listen.

Baloo throws a stone at a beehive and grabs Khan by the head, letting go only when the beehive falls on his head. Khan, with the beehive still on his head, runs away from the angry bees. In other media Edit A tiger who looks a lot like Shere Khan in facial structure makes an appearence in the episode Good Neighbour Cruella of 101 Dalmatians: The Series, although his fur is a noticably different shade of orange. Shere Khan is a recurring character in the animated series TaleSpin and is portrayed as a buisnessman of a company named Khan Enterprises. Whilst he isn't necessarily a villain he is ruthless in his practices and often causes trouble for the protagonists. He was voiced by Tony Jay at the time. Trivia Edit Shere Khan is a Bengal tiger and they mostly prey on sloth bears like Baloo. So in real life Baloo and Khan would be enemies. He shares similarities with Malificent .

Both villains have elegant grace most of the time, and their goal is to kill characters same to their gender (Malificent, Aurora: Shere Kahn, Mowgli) which cause wise characters/protagonists same to their gender(The Faries in Malificent's case, Bagheera in Shere Kahn's case) to take them someplace safe and it causes Aurora and Mowgli to be unhappy about leaving a certain home. Shere Khan is also similar to Scar . Both talk with an english accent, both are big cats and both try to kill the main character Shere Khan is similar to the non- Disney Villain Tai Lung from "Kung Fu Panda". Both are big wild cats, neither have henchmen but are incredibly strong enough to pose as dangerous threats, create intense build- up throughout their films, they both almost kill the deuterogonists of their films (Baloo and Shifu), and are defeated by the main characters of the films, and they both fought against bears (Baloo and Po). Shere Khan seems to be immune to Kaa's hypnotic powers.

Since Shere Khan is generally the Big Bad of the franchise, he was assumed to be the main villain in 1994 version; however, the true villain turns out to be Captain William Boone , Kitty's jealous and traitorous fiancee. Gallery Shere Khan (Character) Shere Khan (Character) There may be more photos available for this character. To select more photos to be displayed in this character's gallery, click the Edit Photos link. Overview Shere Khan is the main villain from Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book' (1967)... See more » Alternate Names: Shere Khan de Tijger / Shere Khan the Tiger / Shere Khan's Roar / The Tiger Filmography ... aka "Disney's Jungle Cubs" - USA (alternative title) ... aka "The Jungle Cubs" - USA (alternative title) ... aka "Janguru Bukku shonen Môguri" - Japan (original title) ... aka "The Jungle Book" - India (English title) (imdb display title) ... aka "Maugli" - Soviet Union (original title) ... aka "Mowgli" - International (English title) (copyright title) ...

aka "Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book" - UK (complete title), USA (complete title) ... aka "The Jungle Book" - USA (DVD box title) ... aka "Disneyland" - USA (original title) ... aka "Disney's Wonderful World" - USA (new title) ... aka "The Disney Sunday Movie" - USA (new title) ... aka "The Magical World of Disney" - USA (new title) ... aka "The Wonderful World of Disney" - USA (new title) ... aka "Walt Disney" - USA (new title) ... aka "Walt Disney Presents" - USA (new title) Shere Khan : You seem surprised to see me, man cub. See more » Update You may correct errors and omissions on this page directly. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process. IMDb Everywhere Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! The Jungle Book (1967) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 2:03 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title.

Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization. Director: From $14.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 22 titles created 08 Jun 2014 a list of 22 titles created 02 Sep 2014 a list of 36 titles created 08 Dec 2014 a list of 24 titles created 18 Mar 2015 a list of 35 titles created 16 Nov 2015 Title: The Jungle Book (1967) 7.6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site?

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Director: Wolfgang Reitherman Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, and 5 more credits » Stars: Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander, Bobette Audrey Edit Storyline Abandoned after an accident, baby Mowgli is taken and raised by a family of wolves. As the boy grows older, the wise panther Bagheera realizes he must be returned to his own kind in the nearby man-village. Baloo the bear however thinks differently taking the young Mowgli under his wing and teaching that living in the jungle is the best life there is. Bagheera realizes that Mowgli is in danger, particularly from Shere Khan the tiger who hates all people. When Baloo finally comes around, Mowgli runs off into the jungle where he survives a second encounter with Kaa the snake and finally, with Shere Khan. It's the sight of a pretty girl however that gets Mowgli to go the nearby man-village. Written by garykmcd A Swingin' Safari of Laughs See more » Genres: 7 December 1967 (Argentina) See more » Also Known As: El libro de la selva See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know?

Trivia Because of their busy band schedule, Louis Prima and Phil Harris recorded their song "I Wanna Be Like You" separately. See more » Goofs Baloo asks Mowgli to scratch his left shoulder, however when Mowgli scratches him, he scratches his right See more » Quotes [first lines] Bagheera : Many strange legends are told of these jungles of India, but none so strange as the story of a small boy named Mowgli. It all began when the silence of the jungle was broken by an unfamiliar sound. [Sound of baby crying] Bagheera : It was a sound like one never heard before in this part of the jungle. It was a man cub! Had I known how deeply I was to be involved, I would've obeyed my first impulse and walked away. See more » Crazy Credits There are no end credits for this feature film. However, the credits are at the beginning. See more » Connections See more » Frequently Asked Questions (Yorkshire, UK) – See all my reviews In case you're wondering, I'm 25 and my favourite films of all time include Heat, Once Upon a Time in the West and Apocalypse Now.

This is just a pointer to how, considering the film I'm writing about, eclectic a true film fan's taste has to be. I'll start with one statement: this film should be compulsory viewing for every child. If, at the end of this film, you're face is not permanently disfigured from smiling, there's something wrong with you. Everything about this film is enjoyable. The characters so loving, the songs so memorable; everything is so uplifting. I first saw this as a child and right then I loved it, but not until you reach a certain age do you realise how much a film can affect you. Every character has something about them that you cannot fail to love. Baloo and King Louie are obvious - they are there for light relief, but even the sinister Kaa the snake and Sheer Khan the tiger are lovable in their own ways. Mainly I put this down to the voice cast and the way they portray their characters. Everybody with a good knowledge of film knows that Tom Hanks was the voice of Woody in Toy Story and that Mike Myers was Shrek, but who knows who provided the voice of Baloo? It shouldn't matter and, as is the case with The Jungle Book, it doesn't.

The characters are what is important. Character and plot are the only things that matter in great films and this film has that theory at its bedrock. If you have a child, sit them down to watch this and I guarantee they will be transfixed. I'm 25 and I make sure I watch this every 12 months. Age wise I'm an adult, but I'm still a child when I see this on screen, and that's the way it should be. 6 of 7 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Shere Khan | Animal Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Shere Khan is the main antagonist in the 1967 film The Jungle Book and it's 2003 sequel. He was voiced by George Sanders in the first film and Tony Jay in the second with his roaring noises being made by Frank Welker.

In Hindi Shere Khan means "lion king" Personality Shere Khan is a powerful suave tiger who is known for his murderous, cruel and vicious attitude. Everyone knows he is powerful even himself leading to a very arrogant and boastful personality but is sophisticated and can be extremely polite when he wants to be but becomes very dangerous when threatened. He is also a pyrophobic and a misanthrope with his fears being Man's gun and fire so he tried to kill the film's protagonist Mowgli before he could use them. In his youth he spoke with an american accent but as an adult he spoke and speaks with a British accent and self praises himself and unlike most villains he has a sympathetic personality calling Mowgli a "helpless little lad". As well as speaking with a british accent he behaves like a Englishman saying phrases such as "Good show" and "I say" The Jungle Book Though mentioned Shere Khan does not make an appearence until later on in the film trying to hunt a deer which fails due to Colonel Hathi and the Jungle Patrol singing a reprise of a military song called Colonel Hathi's March.

He eavesdrops on a conversation by which point the jungle patrol set off to find Mowgli but decides it is time for his rendevouz with Mowgli. He then comes across the secondary antagonist of the film Kaa who plans to eat Mowgli. Khan leaves after a search for Mowgli which is unsuccessful saying that he "must continue his search for the helpless little lad". Later he finally confronts Mowgli and the Vultures and gives Mowgli 10 seconds to run but instead Mowgli decides to attack him with a stick but realising his fear of fire the vultures distract the tiger and Mowgli ties a burning branch to his tail The Jungle Book 2 In the sequel Shere Khan returns to exact revenge on Mowlgi for what he did to him and has some changes; He appears much earlier, he has overcome his fear of guns and fire, now knows Mowgli's name though how this is is unknown and is more evil and antagonistic. He is defeated after a tiger's head statue falls on him burying him.

Question: What type of animal is Shere Khan in The Jungle Book?
Answer: Tiger